Fall debut for electric BMW 3-Series to fight Tesla Model 3: report

John Voelcker Jun 29, 2017 Follow John Add to circle 2019 BMW 3-Series, portion of spy shot from Motor Authority [Image via S. Balfauf/SB-Medien] Enlarge Photo In August 2016, when the first U.S. ads for the BMW 330e plug-in hybrid sport sedan hit the airwaves, they carried an interesting promise. "You will wait, and wait, and wait some more," the voiceover intoned, "all before that electric-car company's new model ever even arrives." That would be the Tesla Model 3, of course, the 200-plus-mile sedan from electric-car maker Tesla Motors with a promised starting price of $35,000—the one targeted directly at the BMW 3-Series. DON'T MISS: Electric BMW X3e to come in 2020, but BMW i5 defunct: what happened, and why? Now, it appears BMW is doubling down on its fight against the Tesla Model 3, for which Tesla had received 373,000 deposits as of August 2016. (The company has dec...